Multiple-spindle boring-machine.



W. C. FARNUM. MULTIPLE SPINDLE BORING MACHINE. APPLxoATxoN rum) nov.1z,19oa.

Patented July 30, 1912.

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MULTlPLE SPINDLE BORING MACHINE.

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Patented July 30, 1912.

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W. C. FARNUM.

MULTIPLE SPINDLE BORING MACHINE.

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W. C. FARNUM.

MUL'HPLB SPINDLE BORING MACHINE.

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C. FARNUM, SHUTTLE COMPANY, JERSEY.

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Specication of Letters atent.

Patented July 30,1912.

Application filed November llil, 1908. l Serial No. 462,209.

T@.all whom z't may concern Be it known that I, `W1LL1AM C. FARNUM, ofthe-town of Arlington, in thc county of Bennington and' State of Vermont, have invented certain Improvements in Multiple' Spindle BoringlMachines, of which invention the following specification, in connec-A tion with the accompanying drawings, constitute a speciicatlon.

This invention relates to that class of machines wherein a gang orv series of boring tools, .like bits, drills, reamers or counterbores are arran ed to operate upon blanks 0f any materia which blanks are successively presented to them for their specific action.

In some kinds ofblanks it is neccessary to have bores of three or more diameters with two or more tapered portions, and in other kinds of work the length of the bored -portion is so great in proportion to its diametel` that only a partl of the distance can be bored without withdrawing the boring tool' for the purpose of discharging the accumulated chips or cuttings. In cases of the latter class several tools of gradually increasing lengths are used.

The machine is also adapted to bore any material in which bores of considerable depth or of varying diameters are required, butl its embodiment as herein disclosed and illustrated relates to improved mechanism for boring wood blanks to be used in the manufacture of bobbins for use in textile manufactures, &c., and to methodsl for treating the object operated upon.

The invention as herein described eini braces an organism wherein an annular series of boring` tools is concent-rically arrun ed around the base of a stationary vertica hollow -pivot standard in the center of whicl -the main driving shaft is mounted Aand revolves. From' this shaft b appropriate gearing the boring tools, w lich run in fixed bearings and are axially stationary, are rotated. This standard is externally fitted so tlfa various appliances may rotate or slide longitudinallythereon. Above .the series of boring tools a reel is pivotcd on the standard which carries chucks for holding the blanks to he operated' upon by means of end-clamping jaws. These chucks are disposed in vertical opposition to the boring tool spindles below them and correspond therewith in number und working p0- ,sition By appropriate mechanism dependent on the main driving shaft for its movement, both intermittent and reciprocatingr motion is imparted to the chuck-reel, so that each blank held byl any of the chucks will be subjected to the formative action of each -tool of the series of tools in the boring a-pparatus.-Means operating 1n connection with the chuck-reciprocating devices inipart to the chuck-reel a shock at some part of its stroke which tends to dislodge the boring chips or cuttings from each blank in the course of its manipulation.

Certain subordinate details of the machine and ancillary thereto will be made the ubect-matter of other applications, not yet le f The invention is fully illustrated in the drawings wherein- Figure 1 shows a front elevation of the machine as seen from the operators side. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a top plan v-iew. Fig. 4 is a horizontal lan view of the parts beneath the upper rame plate. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of parts beneath the section line V, V, Fig. .2. Fig. G is a partial side elevation in section on lines Vl. VI, of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a partial sectional plan taken on the lines VII, VII, Figs. 1 and 2. Fig.. 8 is a partial lsectional plan taken .on the lines VIII, VIII, of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. S) is a plan view of the series of centering` cones of the movable chuck jaws. Fig. 10 is a view of one side ofthe registry disk used to aid in efl'ecting accurate registi' of the axes of the chucks with the axes o the boring tools. Fig. 11 is a view of the opposite side of said registry disk. Fig. 12 is an edge view of said disk. Fig. 13 is a top view of the chuck-centering plate. Fig. 14 is an edge view of said plate. Fig. 15 is a top view of the lower rcel head, 6l, Fig. 6, showing ends of the tubular chuck-jaw slides. Fig. 16 is an edge view of the lower reel head. Fig. 17 is a side view of the upyper reel headf). Fig. 18 is a sectional detail showing mode of fastening top ends of the jaw-slides in the upper reel head. Fig. 19 and Fig. 2() are sections taken on thc lines XIX, XIX, and XX, XX, respectivel Y, of the registry disk as seen in Fig. 10`. Fig. 21 is a radial veztical section taken on the line XXI, XXI, of Fig. 13, and shows mode of fastening jaw-slides in .the

chut-.lecciitering,r plate. Fig. 22 is a section taken on the line XXII, XXII, of Fig. l5, showing mode of fastening the. jaw-slides in the lower reel head. Figs. 23, :24 and 25 are respectively inside, external and bottom views of one of the chuck-centering cones. Figs. 2G and 27 show mode of fastening the cone centers to their seatings. Fig. 2S shows mode of insetting the bobbin blanks between the chuck centers by hand. Figs. 29, and are details ot an adjustable eccentric stud upon which the lever oscillates which reciprocates the chuck reel and its appendages upon the pivot standard. Fig. B1 is a modified form of said stud and bearing. Fig. 82 is an end view of .the pivot stud seen in .section in Fig. 31. Figs.l 33 and 34 are respectively edge and plan views of the segment, rintur 113. Fig. 35 is a top plan view of the bracket fork attached to the beam 25 to reciprocate the chuck sleeve and rcel. Fig. 36 is a longitudinal section through the sleeve 406 and shows an interlay of lubricating packing1r between the poston which it may slide and the said sleeve.

Boring machines of this class/ may be divided into two classes, those in which a blank is centrally bored for the purpose of being externally finished on a mandrel, the bore thereafter being ofno use or consequence, of which common thread spools are examples, and another class wherein the object is to produce a straight, true axial bore in a blank destined for active service in the production of some other article, upon the perfection of which depends the perfect operation of the finished blank as well as the quality of the work in the production of which the bored element enters as a factor. Of this latter class factory bobbins upon which yarn is wound are examples. In the latter ease if the spindle is not straight. and true and perfectly centered so it will run withoutvibration, a. perfect bobbin may help to but will not fully correct its imperfect action; while if the spindle is correct in form and action, unless the bore of the bobbin is absolutely straight and true and tits the spindle, bad results will follow. .As such bobhins must run truly without vibration and are constantly in process of being filled 'and emptied, the importance of perfect boring becomes a vital matter in their manufacture.

In designing and perfecting boring machines of this class, one of the worst difficulfties to overcome which has hitherto perplexed inventors has bc'cn'to prevent. the borings from interferimgr with the advancing and cutting movement of the boring tool, especially in boring endwise in wood, and in disposin of t-he boringr dust and chips after they lave' been made so that the;7 will not fall or be carried into a position where they will impede the advance or cutting action of the tool. It' the blank is held under the tool so that it bores downwardly, the chips and boring dust by gravity fall back into the hole where they are liable to pack into the bore and not only interfere with thc cutting` action of the tool but generate intense frictional heat, satlicient in some cases to draw the temper of the tool, or to destroy it altogether.

In the development of this invention special regard has been had to construct and arrange all working parts of the machine to favor quick and free delivery of all chips and borinf;r dust from the hole in the blank as fast as it is formed. IVith this object in view the leading idea has been to adopt the vertical instead of' the horizontal position for all the rotating parts, ...ich as the boring tools. the blanks and the blank chucks, the rotating reel in which they are mounted, as well as all those parts which reciprocate. Thus in boring the blank the boring tool points upwardly while the hole in the blank produced by the action of the tool opens downwardly. So arranged the instant a tool comuvnces its cutting action on the end of a blank, the chips by their own gravity immediately fall away. Hence this machine is differentiated from others in one respect by this feature.

Another characteristic feature of the invention is that the boring tools are arranged in a gang and journaled in stationary verti- -cal bearings in which they ha\e no axial movement and point upwardly, while the blanks are supported in a vertical position upon a carriage which is reciprocated vertically toward and away from the tools in connection with means for intermittently rotatine: said carriage between its reciprocations so as to carry a given blank from tool to tool to effect the successive borings.

s all bits or drills are not. self-clearing` 'this matter of vertical position becomes one of great importance. It is also true that boring' tools work most ctfeetually and accurately if mounted in stationary housings and have n'o longitudinal movement in the direction of their axes. A solid stationary base for the bearings withoutaxial motion for the tools permits much finer adjustments for the tools and greateraccuracy and speed in their operation than when they are mounted on movable' carriages or where the boring spindles have axial movements in their bearings toward and from the work. The more working,r joints there are between the power and the tool the greater-.the friction if they work closely, and the greater the lost motion and imperfect action if they do not work closely. It is of vastly greater importance that the tool operate rapidly and accurately than that the blank be held in a fixed position to be' operated upon. Hence` boring tools operating upon the work either downwardly or horizontally are not equivalents of boring tools operating upon the work upwardly, because they will not remove chips so effectively, develop more frictional heat in action and cannot be run so ra idly.

ormg tools mounted on movable carriages or which have axial movement in their bearin s are not equivalents of boring tools journa ed in solid, stationary bearings that have no axial movement. riagcs or chucks which move horizontally or upwardly to present the work to the boring tools are not the equivalents of like carriages or chucks which move downwardly to present the work to the boring tools, because in the latter the hole in the blank as it is being bored opens downwardly and is constantly cleariner itself of chips by the action of gravity whicn is not available in the other positions of the blanks.

In the o eration of boring blanks in any position, i the blank revolves, the centrifugal force developed by rotation impedes and often prevents the clearance of chi s from the bore, the chips being driven iy such force to the inner wall of the bore, will cling thereto rsistently while rotation contmucs, and t. icy can only be displaced by stopping the rotation of the blank or by artiticially removing them. In cases where either tbe blank or the boring tool Ais reciprocated to clear the hole, as is necessary where pod and other kinds of bits are used, if the blank rotates, such reciprocation will not clear the hole completely but a consid erable. portion of the chips and boring dust will adhere to the inside of the bore, being held there by centrifugal force. This difficultyis greater where the blank is rotated in a horizontal position than when it occuies a vertical position with the boring tool Below it so that. gravity can aid in the escape4 of the chips. Furthermore, in ma chmes where the chuck for holding the blank rotates, if the blank not straight, or is not truly centered iu the chuck, or'is out of balance, rapid rotation of the blank will set up vibration of the chuck which prevents correct boring besides inducing frictional heat and injury to the boring tool, all of which levils are avoided.in a velv great degree by holding the blank and rotating the tool.

The arrangement here shown of an unnular series of uxiall \Y innnovable boring` tools mounted in stationary bearings, a corresponding,r sxries of blank chucks carried on an intermittently revoluble, reciprocatin gr chuck rei-l', and a registry device for maintainingr accurate alincnu-nt of the axes of the boring tools with the axes of the. chucks, all com-entrically disposed about a central vertical hollow pivot staudardin which the main driving shaft is journaled Blank car- .the gear-case 76-77, Fig. 6.

allv contributes to ease and accuracy of performance, 'which ease and accuracy insure a largely increased output of accurately tinished blanks. A machine embodying this invention asherein set forth' has turned out aproduct of 1500 bobbins per hour all perfectly bored, an output more than double that of any other known machine designed for like service.

Frame and driving apparatus .-The frame of this machine consists of a base plate 1, two upright tubular posts 2, and 3, a. cap plate 42 and a hollow pivot standard 55, which 1s seated in a tubular socket 78, of

This gearcase rests lu o n a pedestal 83 which is firmly bolted to tliebase plate as seen in Fi 1 and 2. All these vertical members are tted so that hubs, sleeves or brackets may either turn or slide thereon. The posts are secured at their ends by lflanged collars to the base and cap plates.- The pedestal 83 carries a step-bearing 82, 5 is supported. he pivotlstandard 55 is secured at its u per end in a flanged collar 230 which is bo ted to the up er side of the cap-plate 4, and is fitted wit 1- two internal bearings 114 the upper one not shown) in which the shatt 5 is journaled, Fig. 6. Bear ings 114 are 'perforated for the passage of oil, and other' parts are similarly provide with oil ducts. Shaft 5 carries at its up r lend fast and loose pulleys G and 7 an is driven from some prime mover by the belt 8. At the to of shaft 5 is a )ulley 9 from which the be t 10 leads to pulley 11 on the top of shaft 12. This shaft 'carries a long drum 53 which by belt 54 drives the spindle 90 which carries a back-boring bit 92. Shaft 1,2 also drives the spindle 711 in the gear case through 'oelt 121, Figs. l and 6, which connects wlth the pulley 81 on spindle 711. Shaft 12 also carrles a pinion gear 13, Fig. 3,' which meshes with gear 14 on counter allait 1b, and through pinion 16 on same countershaftdrives gear 17 o n shaft 18. Shaft 18 carries a fixed cam 49 which imparts to the chuck-reel its step by step feed motion, lalso cam 29 which imparts through intermediate devices vertical reciprocation t0 thel chuck-reel to force the blanks onto the boring tools and to withdraw them, and the cam 51 which acts through arm 52 -and other devices to release vthe movable chuck- 'aw so that it may seize and center a new lank when placed i'n osition between the chuck centers ready to ge seized. By reason of the attachment of t-he standard 55 to the base and cap plates in the manner shown, it serves in a very etiicient way to reinforce the strength of thc entire frame operating as it does in t-he nature of an additional post. lts vertical position affords facilities toarrange details of mechanism on all sides of it, an advantage which does not exist upon which the main shaft.

attached thereto.

where the horizontal attitude of the machine is adopted. This circumstance contributes to the productionof a very symmet-rical'and compact machine which occupies a mimmum of Iloor s ace and is accessible for use -or repairs on a l sides.

The boring apparatu8.-The .organization and mode of action of the boring mechanism may be seen in Fig. 6. It comprises a system of-tools or bits forboring the spindle chamber and through the tip o the blank, a reamer which is a counterpart o-a mule s indle, a mandrel for impaling the bored b ank while being re-bored and a single bit which bores from the tip of the blank dowr'r- Wardly a very short distance to enlarge and correct the main bore, which tip forms the seat for a lathe center used in a snbse nent process of turning the outside of the bo bin. l`he bottom part of the main bore and the. lower part of the upper small bore form bearing sea-ts for the butt and tip of the mule spindle in ractiee.

Referring to "ig. 6 it will be seen that a gear case is provided consisting of a cylindrical inclosure composed of two halves, 7G and 77. The lower may be cast integral with the pedestal 83 or may be separate and In the center of this half a step or thrust bearing 82 is locate'd which supports the main shaft 5. .This shaft at its lower end is fitted with the main driving ear 69, and extends upwardly through caring 1,14, and hollow pivot standard .'35 to the to of the machine, where, as before explaine it is driven by the belt 8. The u )per section of the gear-case, 77, is provided with the concent-rlc standard socket 78, in which the hollow standard 55 is permamently seated, the latter carrying the bearings 114 for the shaft 5. The heads of this gear ease are perforated for the insertion and seating of bush-bearings 73' and 7S) all but one of which carries a spindle 71, fitted wit-h a pinion 72, Fig. 8, winch meshes with gear (39 and 1s driven thereby. One spindle 711, is independently driven by a belt or cord 121 from shaft 12 through a pulley 81 at the top of the spindle. This spindle is taken out of engagement with the driving gear 69 for the purpose of rotating it backward and reducing its speed. The lower bush bearings 73 are tianged at their tops and fill sockets in the head of the lower section of the Gear case into which they are either pressed or screwed so that the tlunges lie on the upper side. of the head as seen in Fig. 6. These bearings are bored to fit a taper on the end of the spindle which runs in them. An adjusting .vlug 75 is screwed into the lower end of eac i of them until its up er end meets the bottom of the. spindle an its position .is secured by a cheek-nut,- 74 as shown. The spindles are all provided with an enlargement. or collar 712 which.

when in working position bears against the under end of the bush-beatingr 7'.) to prevent a lifting movement of the spindle. The socket for the nppm"bearing is made large enou l1 that the spindle with the collar can be li ted up through it. 'lhe upper collars are fitted to be held by set-screw 713 in the sockets and their upper ends are screwthreaded to take on the nuts S0, Fig. t', which serve as check nuts to secure the bearings 79 iii their adjusted positions. 'l'hese boring spindles are arranged within the gear case 1n a concentric circle equally spared around the pivot standard 55, and each is fitted at its upper end with a suitable drill chuck for holding the boring tool or a mandrel. In this ease all the spindles are so etuipped but one. lint it not material whether all the spindles art` provided with tools or not. The referred arrangement is to employ enough hits or drills of progressively increasing lengths as the boring proceeds to permit of a relatively short feed stroke of .the blank chuck so that each bit bores only a short distance before it is withdrawn and the blank is moved to the next longer tool. The two halves or sections ot' the gear case 76, 77, are united by a concentric joint and are bolted together by bolts and nuts as shown at 714, Fig. 8. Thus it is apparent that the mountings and housings for the boring tools whit-h perform the principal and ehiet' part ot the work oie producing the bore. o1 the blank` are all stationary and solid. each spindle running in its own ixed bearings, so thatJ the tool can have no longitudinal movement whatever, and its hearings are pernmnently lixed when in service.

'/'te ('wuf/r-rqul and @hacas-fthe construction ol' the chuck-reel and chucks is. shown in Fig. t'. 'The reel cons-ists of two heads ttand (il each of which is a flanged cylinder. the ripper one being rigidly attached to sleeve-5G and the lower one fitted to standard 55. '.lhese heads a re connected by as many cylindrical pija-slideson. (it), as there are bits or boring spindles and they are oolu'entrieally arranged around tlm. l'rivottstaiulard and are equally spared. They are rigidly attached to the heads so that the movement of the .sleeve M3 either vertically or rotatably will carry this4 reel. so eonstrnehxd, with it. A plate tl, .shown in phin in Vig. 13, perforated with holt-s to register ivith the position of tln` slides "tl is titled to be adjustable verticali)l on tlnsli.h t3() b v-Luans oi' set sert-ws 1]. whit-l pas. through the web ot" th'e plate nn-l bind against the slides G0 as .seen in p'lnn in Fig. lil and insertion in Fig. .Zl. ly loosening all the sel-serevs d, d, the plate will be released from the slides U0, (it), G0, und its eleva-tion with reference to the series of lower chuck jaws can be regulated.

provision is to render the bobbin chucks adjustable to different lengths of bobbin lanks. The cliuck-plate 61 is provided with scat-openings 715, Fig. 13, coinciding in number and position with the number of boi'ing spindles, each of which takes in a female, internally serrated, conical chuck center 62, which is fastened therein so that the center of its openin will be in alinement with a boring spin le when in service. The lower chuck center 68 is carried in a seat therefor in a vertically movable chuckjaw 63, seen in plan in Fi 9, in front elevation in Fig. 1, and in vert-ical section in Fig. 6. This jawihas a top and bottom hub which is bored to tit the slide 60, so that when the parts are assembled for use the upper hub will come above head (34 and the lower one below it as seen in Fig. 6. The jaw slides 60 extend below the lower head (i4 far enough to permit a sliding movement of the jaw 63 thereon. Within each jaw-slide ('0 ashort distance from its bottom is an intei-nal flange 716, Fig. (i, which forms a seat for the expansive spiral spring 65. Extending through this spring is a rod 6G having at its top a head against the under side o1 which spring (35 abats, and at its lower end a lifting finger (37 which plays vertically through a slit in the lower end of slide (i0 and connects with the underside of the chuck jaw 63. The arrangement and construction of these parts is such that the ex pansion of spring 65 will draw the jaw 63 upwardly to its limit which will be determined by the length of the bobbin blank. Its movement in the opposite direction is put. under the cont-rol of a loose sliding pusli-pin 86, of which one is provided for cach jaw, which rests on the to of the jaw and extends through uide hoes provided therefor in head 59 an chuck plate 61. By depressing this .pin the jaw (33 will be pressed down or away from the chuck center l(32, thereby opening the jaws and releasing any blank w iicli may have been held between them. 'lhis depression is effected by a finger 100 acting on the top of the pin, and it is thereafter sustained by the oscillatiner segment ring 113, shown m elevation and plan in Figs. 33 and 34, and in section in liig. This segment stop 85, is located in the path of the tops of the pins Sli as they are carried around the standard 55, and. by means elsewhere explained, when they approach the end of this stop' each one, is successively depressed until its top end descends lo a point. where it can be carigied under the lower edge of this segment which holds it down during two ieciprraalions of the chuck reel in which interval ot' depression llic linislied blank will be discharged and a fresh one introilurwl tothe chuck.

I'm '/rm-/f-'rwr/ rwu///rm'l///q/ 1/.Il/l/l-1'rljus," Ilie mechanism l'or imparting to the chuck 'in rig. e9.

reel and chucks their appropriate vertical movements to force the chucked bobbin blanks down upon the several boring tools and to withdraw the same at the end of each downstroke, consists of the following described mechanism. Post 3, Figs. 1, 2 and 4, carries a fulcrum bracket 26, which is vertically and circumferentially adjustable thereon and is slotted as at 201 for the passage of a ivotstud-shank 27, Fi s. 1 and 29. The details of this pivot stu are best shown in Fig. 29. A section of the bracket is shown at 26 and of the beam al.' 25. This beam and its purpose will be hereinafter described. Bet-Ween the beam and bracket is a cylindrical Spanner head 252 from one side of which the eccentric shank 27 extends through the slot 201, Fig. 2, and is confined therein when its adjustment has been established by the nut and washer seen From the opposite side of the Spanner head a concentric' pivot stud 275 projects fitted with a binding nut at its outer end. This stud 275 is ada ted to ose-illate within a flanged journal iiusiing l254 Fig. 29which is fitted to slide in slot 207 o the beam and is screw-threaded to receive the nut 251 by which it may be firmly attached to the beam 25. The pivot stud 275 is held in working position by the nut 255 which screws up to the end of the journal bushing 254. Thus, approximate adjustment of the pivot stud 275 may be obtained by the location of the bracket on the post 3 and of the shank 27 in the slot 201, and more delicate adjustment of the stud may be secured by turning the Spanner head 252 one wa or the other and tightening nut 257. 'lhese adjustments come in whenever a change in the length of bobbins occurs and it becomes necessary to accommodate the stroke of the chuck reel thereto.

On the stud 275 an oscillating beam .25 is pivoted which carries the roller 30 which travels in a'cam groove 29 in the cam-cylindei' 28. This cam cylinder is carried on shaft 18 and is driven by belts and gearing from above in the manner previously explained. The traverse of the roller through this groove imparts to the longr arm o beam 25 a vertical reciprocating motion. At the end of this long arm a pitman is attached which connects at its lower end with a bracket 35' which is an appendageof hub 34 as shown in Fig. 1. This pitnian 351s rendered longitudinally adjustable by means ot its two heads 3l and 32 which are tapped and screw-threaded as nuts and the connecting rod 33 which is also threaded at each end to screw into the heads. By these means ils length may be varied to accom-V modate the position of the end of the long arm of the beam when its working position is varied to .suit bobbin blanks of dili'erent lengths. 'l`lie bul 34 and bracket irliis 35 are integral and firmly connected with a long sleeve 406 which is tittedrto slide up and down on the post 3 as it may be actuated by the beam. The bracket armsI 35 35, Fig. 5, constitute a fork which takes into the groove or necking 58 Fig. 6, of the upper reel head. The weight of the two sleeves 56 and 406 is counterbalamzed by a weight 23 which is attached by cord 24 to the end of the beam and assing over pulley 22 is suspended inside t e post 2 within which it can move vertically as the beam reciproeates.

Stepfeed mechanism for the chuck-reel.- rlhe mechanism for imparting to the chuck` reel and chucks their appropriate intermittent movements to carry the blanks from bit to bit in the successive boring operations, embraces the following parts, most of which are shown in plan in Fig. 4. A swinging arm 43 is )ivoted on standard 55 above thc registry plate 105, and carries a pawl 44 which coperates with the radial gaps 10S of the registry plate which in this relation acts as a ratchet for turning the chuck reel. Arm 43 carries a contact roller 48 on its underside against which arm 47 of the swaybar 45 impinges to produce the. forestroke of the pawl 44. This swaybar 45 is piv- Aoted on post 3, and has an arm 212 which carries a roller 46 on its upper side which lies in the ath of the actuating cam 49.at tached to s aft 18 and revolving therewith. The rotation of cam 49 throws the swaybar 45 from the position shown in full lirios in Fig. 4, to that shown in dotted lines. This movement of arm 47, through contact with t-he roller 48 of the pawl-arm 43, forces it around, thereby carrying the pawl 44 into engagement with one ot' the gaps 108 of the registry plate and rotates it until, as it descende, one ot' the semi-tubular guide. stops 107 engages the top of the registry bar 37 which at this instantl will be in its path. Thus the plate for the moment will be held fixed against movement in either direction by the guide 107 on one side ot' the bar 37, and the pawl 44 on the opposite side. lhe holding of the registry plate in this way is for the purpose of allowing the end of the bar 37 fairlv to enter the opening 106 of the plate, and tor this purpose the highest part of the cam 49, for a s iort distance, is concentric so that no movement of t-he pawl 44 takes place at. this stage of the operation. After the. completion of the pawl-stroke (which stage is indicated by the dotted lilies in Fig. 4,) und the cum 4t) begins its retreating movement, the contractile spring 4l, which connectsl arm 41S with the bracket 40 on the hub 38 of post; 2, rctracts, drawing at'tcr it thc arm ft?, which at. thc .same time. forces the swaybar t5 back to its first position, by reason ol' the conta/nl. bc wccn roller 18 on arm t3 and arni f1.7 nl' ilu. swayhar.

The chuck reel being thus locked by means of the registry plate 105 to the registry bar 37, the down stroke of the reel and chucks carrying the bobbin blanks commences, and the whole series of blanks is fed to ,the horing tools at the same time, the blanks discharging the boring chips and dust downwardly as fast as they are made.

Attached to the point of pawl 44 is a guard finger 50 which serves to prevent the pawl from swinging over the upper side of plate 105 when this plate is rising to be engaged by the pawl. This pawl is also provided with a stop finger O, Fig. Q, which by striking the arm 43 prevents the nose nt' the pawl dropping too deep into thc gap 108 of the registry plate.

'I'ir v'cy/xzrj/ mmlzlzfrsm.-.\s the boring tools or bits are arranged in a circle con centric with the axis of the pivot standard and the axis ol. the driving shaft 5, and are equally spaccd, and are both locally and axially immovable. while the series of bobbin chucks is similarly arranged in a concentric circle about the same centers and coincide in number and spacing with the boring tools, their respective axes beingr coincident when in service, the reel whiclrcarrics the chucks must hare an intermittent rotary motion about shal't equal to one .space between thil chucks to carry each lil-.ink from onc bit tolthc next. ln order to sc cure cairrcct alincnu-nt of each hit with the bau-e in cach bobbin blank after the boing has ccmuu-uwd. means are provided to i sure this accurate alincaient of the axes the boring tools with the axes of the boi-a bobbius as held b v the chucks. which cm2- s of the following mechanism: A hub ackct. 'l-lti, Figs. l. 2 and 5, is fastened lirmly to hollow post 2, from which a vc"- tical web 36 projects which sup )o1-ts the vertical bar 3T. 'lhis bar is :id pisted to cnt-er and slide in the tubular guides 106 of the registry plate 105, next to be described. 'lhis bar serves both to act as a truc guide t'or the. vertical stroke ot' the chuck-reel aml bobbins it may carry and also in connection with the plate 105 acts as a positive loc-k which prevents any variation of ccnters between the axes ot' the boring tools and tbe axes of the chucks. The registry plate 105 is attached to the upper part of thc sleeve 56, Fig. 2, plans and dclails of which are sccu in Figs. l0, ll, ".i and fl. lhis plate has a series ot` tubular guides t0n, eoi'i'.spoinlin, r in number and alincment with the axes ot" the boringr tools and the chucks. Nach of these guides has a ;ap los opi-ning radially outward through the, periphery ol' llu` platc to rcccivc the web Zhi ol" th-l rcgistry bar JST. llach ot' these guides. which cxtcnds above and below the surface ol' tbc plate, has one sidc tbcrcot' cut away as sia-u at Inf., Vig. '10, from the under proection of the guide below the web of the plate 105, to form an arresting stop which will engage the top end of the bar 37 as the chuck reel descends during the intermittent rotation of the chucks from spindle to spindle of the boing apparatus. As this impact occurs at he moment the reel and plate 105 are about to commence their downstroke, the top of bar 37 will enter the guide 106, thus locking the chucks in their proper positions to present the center of each bobbin blank accurately to the point of the boring tool immediately below it. Registry plate 105 is rigidly attached to sleeve 56 at an elevation which will permit it to revolve around sleeve 55 clear of the top of the register bar 37, as clearly seen in Fig. 2.

The back-boring apparatua.-The series of bits shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings and there marked res ectivel a, b, c, d, e and f, are adapted to bore a obbin with abore at its bottom which will fit the enlarged butt of a spinning spindle, and a much smaller one through its upper third part the lower part of'which will fit the tip of the spindle, and between these two diverse calibers 'the bore is larger than the diameter of the spindle thus leaving a chamber where the s indle finds no bearing at all. Following t ese in the series is a reamer bit, (not in view in Fig. 2,) which finishes the interior of the bore by removn all roughness of the inside surface of the ole and at the same time reams the lower part of the bore to a slight taper to more perfectly tit the tapered butt of t-he spindle. Last in the series of tools is the mandrel 94, Fig. 6, upon which each bobbin is im aled during the back-boring operation at t e tip of the spindle. This tip-boring has nothing to do with the finish of the bore for practical purposes, but is an operation for providin a seat for a lathe center to be later used 1n finishing the exterior surface of the bobbin. Heretofore this operation of centering the ti of the bobbin to .prepare it for the finis ing lathe has been a distinct step and has been done independently of the boring process requiring the attention of a separateworkman and an extra handlin of the bored blanks. In this invention it is combined lwith the boring devices and constitutes the final step in the process of boring and centering the blank, whereby a saving of the time and cost of a workman and an extra handling of the stock is effected. In the structure of the machine this bit for boring the seat at the tip of the blank for the lathe center fis' cerried on a part of the machine independent of the mountings for the gang ofv boring bits",

but on one o the fork arms of bracket 35 so' that it receives vertical reciprocation therefrom and its rotar motion is also independent of the drivin v gear for the boring tools. Its spindle is a justed to be in exact alinement with the axis of the mandrel 94, so that the completed bore will be axially straight. This back-boring bit is mounted and driven as followsz-Hub 34 with its bracket fork 35 is vertically reciprocated as before explained by the vibratlons of the beam 25 through the pitman connection 33. The shape in plan of the upper side of this bracket 1s seen in Fig. 35. A section of a small part of it is shown in Fig. 6 at 35. One fork is enlarged laterally so as to form a seat for a anged hub 87 which is bored and threaded to take in a bush-bearing 88. This screw-threaded bearing affords means for varying the degree of depression of the spindle 90, which passes through it. Below the arm 35 a long sleeve-bearing for the spindle depends which imparts to the spindle in action Ureat steadiness. The spindle which passes through the arm and both bearings is attached to an actuating lever 101, Figs. 1, 2 and 5, which is. pivoted on a standin fulcrum 111, by means of a collar 89 in w ich the spindle turns and to which one end of the lever 101 is pivoted as seen in Fig. 1. Fulcrum stand 111 is attached to a rib on one arm of the bracket fork 35 as seen in Figs. 2 and 5, so it rises and falls with the bracket 35 andwith the chuck reel. This fact renders it necessary thatthe opposite arm have an elastic or yielding attachment and therefore that arm is connected with the lower end of a long draft rod 102, Fig. 2, which carries a button 117 at its top end and another 104, just above its lower end. This rod passes through a perforated stop-plate 115 between which and the upper button 117 is an expansive s iral sprin 116 which normally exerts its orce to lift the rod and consequently to depress the spindle 90. Below the stop )late 115 is another spiral spring 103 which normally exerts its ex ansive force against the button 104 to orce the rod 102 downwardly and consequently to raise the s indle 90. The lever 101 has a plurality o holes in which to connect the end of the rod 102 to var the extent of the stroke of the arm' to whlchthe spindle is connected. It is app rent-from Fig. 6 that tile collar 89, to w ich lever 101 1s connected, will be limited in its downthrow by the collar strikin the top of the bush-bearing 88, which is a xed abutment. If the-downstioke of the bracket 35 should extend beyond the point where the collar 89 strikes the bearing 88, when contact between the collarand the bearin is made, further descent of the bracket wi .transfer the strain to the fulcrum 111 of the is restablished. This will not yetitend fit) to lift bit 92 from the bore but. further rise of the bracket will carry the. spindle and bit with it and at the limit of the upstroke will leave the blank ready to be discharged from the machine.

The mandrel which carries the blank while itis being re-bored is rotated by a bell'. or cord 121 which leads from shaftl2 to a pulley 8l on the head of spindle 711, Figs. '1 and 6.- This belt may be either straight or crossed, both methods are shown in the .figures If the belt is arranged to run in the same direction as the bit 94 its spred will be relatively low in relation to that of the bit. A hifrh speed of the mandrel van not be employe on account. of the vibration and swing of the blank if it happens to be ont ol. balance as is sometimes t ie ease if it is not. of full dimensions or if it has a knot or burl on one side to disturb its' s \.,mnetry, or it' it is not straight. The bit fr. is driven by a cord or belt leading from the drunl 5l) on shaft 12 to a pulley 9i at the top ot spindle 90.

T/lc lise/trying apparatus- As is elsewhere explained, the blanks, while undergoing the boringr operation, are` held inthe grip of the chuck jaws (12 and tS by virtue of the expansive force of the springs of the several chucks. They are released from this wip by depressing the lower jaw, which leaves the blanks free at their top ends and standing in the cone-seat of the lower jaws, wln-neetluey may be removed by hand or otherwise as the ease may be. This depres- -.iou ot' the jaws tl is at-.cmnj'ilished as follnwsz-ln this case the boringr apparatus maprlses six hits for boring the blanks, one rraneer lor shapingthc bore to lit the spindle upon which the hobbin is to be used, and a mamlrel upon which the blank is impaled while it is baek-lmrod at its tip for the lathe renter. 'l'his leaves one spindle unemployed. .\'e.\'t below the fork 13.1 a ring 113 is pivoted on the hub 57 carried by sleeve 55, around which it can oseillate. This rin?.r has segment 85 depending from its under side as .sw-n i'n Figs. l, .3. t. 33 and Jl-l. 'l`hc length of thisl segment is equal to a little more than lll" lengt i of two spaces between the pushpins plus the diameters of two pins, and it is levate-'l to cover the tops of the pins which .lepri-.Ls the jaw opposite the. mandrel 94 and the jav.' next to the right of it. The l'uvwtinn oltllis segment. is to hold the push pw under it down during two strokes of the -ln--k-reel. or while the lan-.k-lmring is heilig dmoon the lirst. stroke uml duringr the next. -I|: lo permit the removal of the finished blank and the insertion of an unlmredmne. .-lighl rotary reeiprmzating movement is imparted lo the `aegon-.nt ring |121 by means ol' a van 5l. on shaft' t8, which at each revol-z'ion of lli.:t uit arts upon the bent lever 52 which is connected with the ring 113, and through it turns the segment just enough to uncover the top of the push-pin 88 which may be nearest the right hand end of the segment as seen in Fig. 1. As the chuck reel rotates and the upstanding push-pins 86 approaeh the end of the segment each of them is pushed down preparatory to passing under the segment by means of devices seen in Fig. 7. This figure shows a lever 98 pivoted on an ear 99 which is an integral part of the bracket fork 35. A depressing finger 100 is attached to this lever and extends to u pointdirectly over the top of one of the push-pins 8G, and close under the ring 113 when the chuck-reel is down. The outer end of lover 98 is connected by a retraetile spring 9'( with a sttld or hook k, on the sleeve 406. This spring normally acts to throw the oint of the finger up. Directly over the inner end of lever 98 an arresting bar 00, Figs. l and 2, is attached to the web 36 so that whenever the fork 35 is near the limit of its upst-roke the end of lever 98 will strike the enr] of this arresting bar when further elevation of the. bracket fork will cause the point of the finger 100 to be depressed, which depression will force the push-pin 86, which at the time may be under the finger, down against the chuck-jaw G3 with which it contacts and thereby release the blank which may a-t'that time be held therein. The rota- -tive feed of the chuck-reel occurs while the.

regi.-;try plate 105 is above the top of bar 37 and while. linger 100 is holding a push-pin depressed, and it sweeps the pin under the point ol the finger and under t-he frontend of the segment thereby depressing the lower jaw of the chuck below it and releasing its blank. l'Vhen the rotative feed of the reel has been ell'eeted aml it. begins its descent, lever 98 falls away from the arresting bar (i0. aml spring97 eontraeting, throws up the, point of linger 100 thereby permitting the following pin SG to pasa under it to its proper position next to be operated on.

Tt will be seen in Fig. 1 that segment 85 holds open the ehuek jaws opposite the manlrel 94 and the jaws of the ehm-k nextahead of it. While the. blank on the mandrel being tip-hored by the bit 92. Fig. the attendant ran place a blank in the chuck next ahead which will be seized by the elmek jaws the instantl cam 51 through lever 52 rotates the segun-nt. 85 backward so as to urn-over the top of the. push-pin tanuuzeted with the open ehuelc and let its spring (35 net to elose the, jaws.

Amf/uz/L'x/n. for nlm/ring tlm Ilo-lv of H10 hln-nt: of itx rlf//-/'.. lt'. is not uneonmmn in using boring machines where the blanks are presented to the. boring' tools by hand lor the worknum. a lter the hole has heen started, lo gire tlublank a rap or smart blow to elear the hole ol' any borings` or chips which -muy remain therein before resumingr the' boring operation. In this invention special provisions for imparting a sudden `shock to the chucks and thel blanks they may hold after each boring stroke of the reel before advancing the blank to the next boringr tool are made. It has been found by experience that. boring the blank from its lower end does of itself promote the clearance of chips and boi-ings from the hole atl each operative stroke of the boringr tool. but it' at'ter the tfithdrawal of each tool and before another enters the bore the blank is `:given a sharp blow in an endwise direction it very greatly nids in securing a clear hole for the ne.\'t operation. This result is etleeted as l'ollowsz-The emerior of post is turned accurately and smooth. The chuck-sleeve -ltit also-carefully fitted and is .fhambered enough larger than the post to leave. an annular space between them. r1`his space is filled with nn absorbent packing of proper density to hold a lubricant. This construetion is seen in Fig. T, the. packing being marked 150. This packing between the post. and the reciprocating sleeve, in connection with the delicate balance between the weight Z2-'t and the parts with which it is connected, permits a very quick and easy movement of the sleeve over the packing. But as too sudden a reversal of movement of the sleeve at the end of each stroke would subject the inacbine to detrimental strain, t-wo buffer collars 120 and 122,0ne above and the other helow the sleeve, are fitted to the post 2 against which the ends of .the sleeve iinpinge with considerable force at each stroke. When the upper end of the sleeve 406 strikes the buffer 120 the blanks have all been carried on the upst-roke of the reel clear of the boringitools and are there held with the mouths of their respective bores opening downwardly. The shock imparted to the whole organism connected with the chuck sleeve imparts to the blanks a sudden vibration or agitation which dislodges any debris retained 1n the bores and it. falls out of its own weight. The lower butler ring 122, performs a similar servi-ee'in respect to the reamer and all those borin,f T tools which do not lill the bore made b v a precedinglr tool. for if on account of boring in cross-grained wood the inside of the holt` is r'iugh and chips cling to the surface thereof. the downward impact of the sleeve 40G with the lower buffer 122 willA tend to rattle out such clinging debris. This latter butl'er also tends to equalize what otherwise would be uneven strokes of the beani and chuck reel due to ine utilities of drivingr speed or momentum of t ie down stroke if it. was not used, and to fix an absolute, but yielding limit to the down-stroke of the chuck-sleeve 40G.

In the consideration of this invention the organism has been treated as adapted t-o operate in a "vertical" position, and it: has been illustrated and described as in a "plumb" or perpendicular position as distinguished from a horizontal position. lt has been shown that such position best facilitates the dislcdgnient of the boring debris er chips. and for that reason. if for no t ther. is the best arrangement for the operatloii of the machine. ln this the inventor docs not restrict himself' to an absolutely pluuib" attitude for the pivot standard and coiperative parts which are co-axial therewith. inasmuch as the machine would he practicallv operative il the entire inachine should be souiewhat inclined. But the tiue range of the invention extends to any and every position of the blanks wherein the inclination is not so great as to defeat the influence ol' gravity as an aid to the discharge or removal of the hoi-ings lboth in the process of their production and accompanying or following the. withdrawal of the tool from the bore in the blank. The etliciency of gravity in the operation of the machine will gradually diminish as it is inclined away from the perpendicular or pluiiih posit-ion, but until the inclination of the axes of the blanks is so great. that the influence. of gravity is neutralized, the inclined position will be within the scope of this partof my invention.

Operationof tlm nutrition-'This machine is adapted to bore blanks of ditl'erent lengthsivitliii a range of several inches. For that purpose boring tools nrc provided of graded lengths to accommodate different lengths of blanks including the tool to bore, the tip for the lathe center. 'lo adjust the machine to bore blanks of a given length the apprf priat'e set of tools for that length is selected and inserted in the chuck heads of thc driving' spindles 71 and a proper mandrel for the spindle 711. Bush-bearing 88 is then adjusted so that when the collar SS), Fig. (i. is pressed down until it strikes the top of the bearing 8S the tip of the 'oit 9i). will have entered the tip of the blank as far as desired. Then the button-nuts 104 and 11T are so adjusted in relation to each other that when springs 1(12-1 and 116 are in equilibrium the hit U2 will stand at the proper elevation to perform its functions correctly as the rcel is reeiproeated. The stroke of the beam is then approximately adjusted b v lixingthe elevation of the bracket )ti b v means of the. set-screw which binds its hub to post 3 and thcnmovincr the pivot shank 27 along in slot. .201 of ln'acke-t 2G to the desired posi tion and fastening it tentatively after which the pivot stud .275 is rotated by the. spanner head 252 until the working end of the beam will lgive the proper length of stroke to the rcel and chucks. 1f a delicate adjustment of the pitinan connection between the end of the beam and the fork-braeket 35 and chucklsleevc 400 appears necessary to secure u correct stroke of that sleeve. between the butter rings or collars 120 and 122, it may be effected by turning the pitman rod 33 one way or the other as it is screwed into the eyes 31 and 32 by right and left hand screws like a tnrnbuckle. Chuck-plate G1 is then adjusted to a proper elevation on the chuck-slides 60 by means of the set screws d, (l, d, Fig. 13, to suit the lengths of the blanks to be bored. Belt 121 is adjusted to rotate the mandrel in the direction desired. .Assuming -that the step bearing un- '.ler the driving shaft 5 is in proper condition and that the scre\\'plugs T5, bush-bearings 79 and adjusting nuts 80 are in proper adjustment for service, the machine may be started. Assuming that on the start the chuck reel is at the upper limit of its stroke as seen in Fig. 2, with the chuck at the right of the mandrel open as seen in Fig. 1, at 63, the operator inserts a blank in the chuck 63 by hand. -Directly on the chuck commencing its down stroke cam 51 acts on the segment, ring 113 and seglnent 85 and by turning1r it releases the push-pin which controls thc lower jaw of that chuck and spring 65 acting instantly closes the jaw centers 6:5 and G8 over the ends of the blank thus gripping it firmly. The down stroke will then force the blank down over the first bit which is a centering tool which will be bored a short distance. This initialbore remains as a guide lfor the subsequent boring operations. This centering bit a, has a leading tip of smaller diameter than the main tool which leaves a countersunk center for the point of the next tool to follow. 'l`he seeond bit, is known as the nulster bit and has a leading tip to follow the center bore left by the bit a, and this bit bores the long central chamber between the bearings in, the bore where the bobhin binds the Spindle of the spinning frame. The ne.,\t stroke of the reel forces the. blank over tite tool c, which is a long pod bit having a leading tip like the others, and which 'reams the shives out ot this chamber bore and leaves it smooth and true. The next tool, d, has a section of its length iliade of a size to fit the chamber bore as a guide with a boring tip above it long enough to bore a part of the. remaining distance through to the end of the blank. 'lhe two following tools are like d, except in length and complete the through boring. The succeeding tool which is a finishing rcamer is shaped to give to the spindle seats at the bottom of the blunk und at the bottom of the small bore at the top of the blank, their ap n-opriate taperto fit the spindles upon w lich tlu-y are. designed to he used. The next upstroke ot' the chuck-reel will draw the blank ot the mandrel thereby releasing it but the pushpiu will not pass out from under the segment until the attendant can pnt a new blank in position to he grasped by the chucking centers to be seized when the segment movement does take place at the connnencenient of the next downstrokc of the. chucks. After all the chucks have been loaded cach stroke of the beaux '.55 will turn ont a coniplctely bored bobbin.

I therefore claim as my invention and dcsirc to secure by Letters latent the i'ollowing l. in a multiple spindle boring machine, acirele of spindles and means for sujiport'.- ing the sume adapted to carry n set ot' boring tools, means for revolving the spindles, in combination with a corresponding circle of blank-holding chucks. a hollow post around which the spindles and chucks are arranged and upon which they are supported.I a driving shaft inside said post, lnechanism at the lower end of the post connecting the driving shaft with the circle of boring spindles to rotate the spindles through the driving shaft.l means for reciprating the circle of chucks up and down upon and rotating them around the post for the purpose of carrying each of the blanks held in the chucks successively onto and off` each of the boring tools, substantially as described.

2. An axially immovable rcvoluble boring tool arranged to operate in a substantially vertical position with its cut-ting end pointing upwardly` a device for holding t-he. object to be bored above said tool, means for feeding said object downwardly to said tool and for retracting it thereafter, and means for imparting to the object after withdrawal from the boring tool a. sudden shock to prinuote clearance of boring chips from the'bore` substantially as specified.

2i. ln a vertical boring machine, a top and bot-tom trame plate. tubular posts conmeeting the frame plates, a driving shaft mounted inside one of the posts, a gang of bit-spindles operatively arranged around the cent-ral post, a sliding sleeve and forked arm mounted upon an outside post adapted to support the gang' of chucks, and operate it alot-g the central post, in combination with means for operating thel sliding sleeve, substantialljl as described.

4. In a. boring machine, a circular gang of boring tool spindles, a corresponding gang of chucks, a central post around which the circle of chucks are operatively arranged, driving meehanism inside the circle of spindles, an annular hollow bearing case fixed to the lower end of the post, and carrying the bearings for the spindles, substantially as dcscrilwd.

5. In a machine of the class described, a hollow` substantially vertical pivot stainiard upon uml around which operative members of the machine can slide and turn` a driving member within said standard, u 

